Driving In Puerto Rico

So you’ve made up your mind?  You’re rent­ing a car and explor­ing the Island of Enchant­ment on your own?  Dri­ving in Puer­to Rico is easy, once you under­stand a few sim­ple pecu­liar­i­ties.  And in the fol­low­ing video we cov­er them all.

Most may­or car rental com­pa­nies are estab­lished in Puer­to Rico and many new mod­el cars are equipped with built-in GPS units.

When rent­ing a vehi­cle make sure that it is not marked in any way.  Thieves aren’t stu­pid.  They know that you’re only going to be on the Island for a few days, and that you prob­a­bly won’t pur­sue any legal process unless it’s a major crime.  There­fore, marked rental cars are the per­fect tar­get for pet­ty thieves.

Roads in Puer­to Rico are in pret­ty good shape, con­sid­er­ing that the Island is going through a severe eco­nom­ic cri­sis.  Most are safe and well lit, with an occa­sion­al pot­hole here and there.

Final­ly, like many oth­er parts of the Unit­ed States there is crime in some parts of Puer­to Rico.  Where?  Ask your hotel clerk.   He’ll point you away from dan­ger­ous spots.  Lock your car when parked and don’t leave valu­ables inside.  And one last thing… don’t pick­up any­one on the road.

And now that I’ve scared you to death, let’s come back to real­i­ty.  Puer­to Rico isn’t any worse or any bet­ter than any major city in the Unit­ed States.  There’s crime… sure there is.  But it’s a mat­ter of being care­ful and fol­low­ing com­mon sense.

Enjoy Puer­to Rico,

©2013,Orlando Mer­gal, MA
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